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Opposition calls on embassies to suspend support Meas Sokchea and May Titthara

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A Rohingya Muslim woman stands at the edge of an unregistered refugee camp in Teknaf, Bangladesh, on World Refugee Day yesterday. Bangladesh is under international pressure to open its border to Rohingyas fleeing communal violence in Myanmar, but has so far refused to do so. AFP

Lost ground in trafficking

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AMBODIA’S efforts to combat human trafficking have worsened, the US State Department said yesterday, with its most recent annual trafficking report downgrading the Kingdom for the first time since 2009.

The report, released by US Secretary of State John Kerry, slams the government for failing to make progress in holding human traffickers and child sex tourists to account, and alleges cover-ups by senior government officials.

It points to “inadequate prosecutions and sentences” and weak efforts to identify and protect victims, as well as “endemic corruption”, as reasons for the lowered ranking.

“The government did not make efforts to address trafficking-related corruption during the year, and complicity of government officials contributed to a climate of impunity for trafficking offenders and a

denial of justice to victims,” it says.

Minister of Information Khieu Kanharith rejected the report’s findings yesterday.

“Cambodia is not behind on human trafficking, as we have been accused, because we know that it is a crime that the government cannot risk ignoring… and this is a job we work on every day,” he said.

The 2013 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report placed Cambodia on its Tier 2 Watch List – a sub-level ranking that indicates a lack of evidence to prove the government has taken the anti-trafficking measures required for Tier 2 status.

A Tier 2 ranking, however, only means that governments are “making significant efforts” to comply with minimum antitrafficking standards.

Cambodia had been ranked as a Tier 2 nation for the past three years, and the downgrade comes as the number of prosecuted traffickers more than halved to just 50 people in this reporting period, resulting in 44 convictions.

Opposition MP Mu Sochua said she supported the Kingdom’s downgrade.

“I wasn’t happy with [last year’s ranking], I think the US wanted to give the government a grace period, and I’m glad this year there is more of a warning. There is much to be done,” she said.

However Steve Morrish, executive director of anti-trafficking NGO SISHA, disagreed with the report’s assessment.

“I think [authorities] are trying very hard to improve the situation and I know that cooperation between the national police and the courts from SISHA’s perspective has been very, very good,” he said.

“I think that Cambodia has come a long way in the last couple of years and is doing a lot better than before … There is more willingness from police to work on exploitation and trafficking crimes.”

He added that declining prosecution

Kingdom’s bourse missing some magic Anne Renzenbrink

AT THE headquarters of the Cambodia Securities Exchange on the 25th floor of Canadia Tower, something seems to be missing.

Here, in Phnom Penh’s business heart, the sights typically associated with trading shares – gesticulating, shouting traders, the confusing hand signals, the buzz in the air as thoughts of money blanket the room – are nonexistent.

At the end of a hallway, a small sign reads Trading Room. Inside, unmanned computers stand on desks in a neat row. The trading room is empty. Two big screens hanging on the wall are switched off.

It’s a Thursday. The market has been open for about two hours.

Nearly two years after Cambodia’s landmark bourse launched in July 2011, the heady enthusiasm of the early days is competing with disillusion. Only one company is listed: the state-owned Phnom Penh Water Supply Authority. And, after an initial spike, its shares have plummeted back to its listing level.

Attempts by others to make the leap onto the exchange have fallen hard.

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OPPOSITION lawmakers expelled earlier this month have called on all representatives of foreign governments not to sign any agreements with Cambodia until the national elections in July.

In the letter sent to embassies, missions and donors yesterday, the expelled Sam Rainsy Party and Human Rights Party lawmakers argue that the current government lost its “legitimacy” on June 5, when the National Assembly shut out 29 parliamentarians who had switched parties following a pair of royalist and opposition mergers.

Because the Constitution requires at least 120 elected parliamentarians to sit in the National Assembly, the lawmakers’ expulsion delegitimised “the current Royal Government of Cambodia led by Prime Minister Hun Sen which is formed by the current mandate of the NA”, the lawmakers write.

They therefore ask “all Embassies, Diplomatic Missions, and Multilateral Donors” to “refrain from signing any agreement

with the current Royal Government of Cambodia … until the new legitimate National Assembly is elected.”

The Australian embassy did not respond by press time as to whether it would consider the opposition’s request, while the European Commission said they had not received a letter from the opposition.

The US embassy declined to respond to questions, referring the Post to a statement from US Ambassador William E. Todd published over the weekend that said Cambodia had “much to lose, in terms of credibility and legitimacy of the political process” through actions like the lawmakers’ expulsion. The letter made no mention of a change in relationship with the Kingdom.

While donors stayed mum, senior CPP lawmaker Cheam Yeap called the former opposition lawmakers’ appeal a “national betrayal”.

Yeap reaffirmed that the CPP’s decision to expel the lawmakers had been legal and could not be

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Brother, adversary promoted Cheang Sokha

KEM SOKHON, the younger brother of the opposition leader Kem Sokha, has been promoted to the rank of two-star general within the Ministry of Interior amid a publicity campaign against the Cambodia National Rescue Party.

According to the latest Royal Gazette, Sokhon was appointed deputy director of the Central Security Department at the Ministry of Interior on May 23.

Sokhon, who defected to Cambodian People’s Party from the opposition Human Rights Party, has spent the time since his defection using public forums to launch attacks against CNRP policy.

In one common refrain, Sokhon says: “I am his brother, but even I cannot stay with him. How about all of you, who are not his relatives, how can you stay with him?”

CNRP spokesman Yim Sovann said that he was uninterested in the promotion.

Neither Sokhon nor Thong Lim, his superior at the Central Security Department, could be reached yesterday.

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criticised by the international community, which did not know Cambodian law.

He added that opposition lawmakers had lost their National Assembly rights because they had illegally combined to form the Cambodia National Rescue Party, which was not in the mandate of the current parliament.

Therefore, he concluded, “they do not have the right to make this appeal”.

Meanwhile, CNRP leaders held a press conference yesterday at which they stated that unless the National Election Committee and Royal Government offered more guarantees of a fair election, the CNRP might not participate.

“The National Rescue Party wants to confirm that if there are fair elections, we would win over the present ruling party by 100 per cent,” said CNRP acting president Kem Sokha.

But, he added, his party feared the current presence of “ghost” voters on registration lists and excess printed ballots would enable voting fraud and,

in combination with ruling party control over the media, allow the CPP to swing the election.

NEC secretary general Tep Nytha responded that the NEC had a policy to keep all media neutral and had printed the extra ballots to allow for accidental damage.

He added that the current political climate was no worse than in the previous election.

CNRP spokesman Yim Sovann, however, disagreed, pointing to a series of incidents in which CNPR signboards were defaced and rallies interrupted.

So far, more than 100 CNRP signboards have been destroyed and 15 CNRP rallies seriously interrupted, said Sovann, adding that in one recent incident in Kampong Chhnang province, police had destroyed 10 CNRP signs.

Sovann said he believed the CPP had instigated these incidents because it feared the CNRP’s popularity.

“They seek every means to destroy the CNRP. These moves are illegal acts, and it is clear that the elections are not free and fair,” he said. “It is the responsibility of the Ministry of

Interior to investigate, find and arrest the perpetrators.”

On Wednesday, in fact, the Ministry of Interior spokesman Khieu Sopheak announced in a press release that the ministry was seeking to arrest currently unknown individuals for tearing down 16 CNRP signboards and defacing them with spray paint in Prey Veng and Svay Rieng provinces on Tuesday night.

The perpetrators had sprayed paint over Sam Rainsy’s and Kem Sokha’s faces as well as over the party’s rising sun logo, leaving the sign blank, Sopheak said in the statement.

“The Ministry of Interior considers the above move as systematic vulgar conduct aimed at compromising a good environment before the elections and serving the bad purpose of rejecting the results of the upcoming election,” he said.

Turning blame back on the CNRP, however, he continued that this undermining of the elections was “the same as the Cambodia National Rescue Party leaders, who said they will participate in the elections but will not recognise the results”.

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ONTINUING its efforts to quell an increasing number of strikes in the Kingdom’s lucrative garment sector, the government this week issued a directive aimed at giving provincial and municipal governors powers to resolve issues at factories without calling on ministries in Phnom Penh.

“To ensure further contributions to economic growth and to solve problems for the people, the government gives [municipal] and provincial governors more duties,” states the directive, signed by Prime Minister Hun Sen on Monday and obtained yesterday.

Under the changes, provincial authorities have powers to monitor the productivity of their local factories, examine worksites, solve industrial disputes and maintain public order when workers strike.

The Labour and Social Affairs ministries have previously exclusively carried out such duties.

Chea Mony, president of the Free Trade Union, called the directive “meaningful”, but said he believed only the Ministry of Labour should deal with strikes.

“Some officials enflame dis-

putes, which leads to violent crackdowns,” he said.

During a speech on Wednesday in Kandal province’s Ang Snuol district, which is home to 38 garment factories, Prime Minister Hun Sen urged garment workers to refrain from striking or risk factories departing for more stable markets.

Dave Welsh, country manager for labour-rights group Solidarity Center/ACILS, said giving provincial authorities more powers seemed to be a step in the right direction.

Welsh said his organisation had been asking the government to give more authorities the power to deal aggressively with factories who had falsely declared themselves bankrupt.

“If owners are fleeing . . . there should be criminal sanctions.”

Ken Loo, secretary-general of the Garment Manufacturers Association in Cambodia, said decentralisation should “in theory” speed up the decision-making process when it came to dealing with issues such as workers blocking national roads.

“We often hear [from authorities] that ‘we are waiting for instructions’,” he said. “There will no longer be a need to wait for solutions from the central government."ADDITIONAL REPORTING

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OUTSPOKEN opposition activist and lawmaker candidate Suong Sophorn yesterday filed a lawsuit against Prime Minister Hun Sen, accusing him of faking identity documents and masterminding a plan to allow a large number of “illegal” immigrants from Vietnam to live in Cambodia.

Speaking outside Phnom Penh Municipal Court, the 26-year-old, who is president of the Cambodia National Rescue Party’s youth movement and a candidate in the upcoming National Election on July 28, claimed Hun Sen had arranged for Ministry of Interior officials to make an unspecified number of fake identity cards.

“I have enough evidence to claim [Hun Sen] . . . arranged fake identity cards for Yuon,” he said, referring to Vietnamese.

“Conversely, [some] Khmer children born in Cambodia do not have identity cards to use,” he added.

Ministry of Interior spokesman Khieu Sopheak denied the allegation and said Sophorn was simply provoking the CPP before the election.

“If the court finds out Samdech Prime Minister [Hun Sen] ordered cards be issued to Yuon or other foreigners, I will cut my neck,” he said, adding that Sophorn should be wary of defaming others lest he be counter-sued.

FORMER low-level cadre Hou Mao spent much of his testimony at the Khmer Rouge tribunal yesterday contradicting himself, at times refuting statements he made the previous day, and occasionally refuting statements made just moments prior.

The source of confusion that caused Mao to rescind key aspects of his testimony remained unclear and parties even differed on whether he had fully recanted his most relevant piece of testimony: that defendant Khieu Samphan had been in favour of a policy of forced evacuation of cities well before the emptying of Phnom Penh. “‘According to the position of Mr Khieu Samphan, he was in favour of the evacuation of the people.

Hou Yun was against the evacuation, and Hu Nim was not in favour of evacuation of people either,’” said Samphan’s lawyer Anta Guisse, reading Mao’s testimony from Wednesday before asking whether he knew Hu Nim’s stance on evacuations.

“I did not know about Hu Nim’s position. What I stated earlier was about Hou Yun’s position,” Mao maintained.

Guisse continued to press Mao, re-reading his previous testimony detailing where he

learned of Samphan’s favourable attitude toward forced evacuations.

When asked whether he had known Samphan’s position on evacuations, Mao replied: “No, I did not know his position. As I said, I knew the position of Mr Hou Yun, who addressed the gathering at that time.”

At that time, Mao – whose poor health and fatigue was a frequent subject of discussion – was ushered out of the courtroom for a brief break.

Prosecutor Keith Raynor then requested the witness be asked to clarify whether he had denied knowing Samphan’s “position” on evacuations, or whether – with all the talk of “hierarchies” – he had denied knowing Samphan’s place within the revolution.

That clarification never came, however, with Guisse later responding that Mao “did not know Khieu Samphan’s position, nor that of Hu Nim, about the evacuation”.

“The witness did say certain things, and then the direct opposite, perhaps because he has forgotten, perhaps because he was confused, perhaps because there were leading questions,” Guisse said. “But when the witness answered my question . . . there was no lack of clarity.”

Alleged moto thieves badly beaten by mob Kim Sarom

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WO men were beaten – one nearly to death – by a mob early yesterday morning in Phnom Penh’s Por Sen Chey district when a man called for help after they allegedly attempted to steal his motorcycle.

The pair were taken to Preah Kosamak hospital suffering injuries to their heads and eyes, Chap Chantha, Por Sen Chey deputy police chief, said.

“The suspects may have died if police did not arrive on time because they were outnumbered; they will be charged and sent to court if police find out they are involved in the robbery,” Chantha said.

According to Chantha, 26-year-old Samrith Serey claimed he parked his bike in front of his front gate and was calling a family member on the phone to be let in when three men rode past him and then doubled back hitting him with a stick. Serey shouted for help, sending one suspect fleeing, but nearby residents then surrounded the remaining two and began beating them.

The suspects were identified as Suon Seyla, 23, a construction worker who is seriously injured and now remains in hospital; Suon Lin, 23, a motodop

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Suon Seyla, 23, a suspect in an attempted robbery case, was hospitalised with mob-inflicted injuries at Preah Kosamak hospital in Phnom Penh yesterday. pha lina

who was also injured but was released from the hospital; and Vy, 24, who escaped and has not yet been found by police.

Seyla told police that residents only assumed they were robbers. He claimed they were riding past when Serey began cursing at them so they hit him with a stick. Serey seized the suspects’ stick and beat them with it. Seyla and Lin got on their knees and apologised to Serey but to no avail. Bystanders also began using sticks and stones to beat the suspects.

“We have small builds; the victim has a big build and we cannot defeat him, but we were beaten with the stick that we

held,” Seyla said. “If I were a robber, I wouldn’t have gotten off my motorbike to apologise to him.”

Despite increased police presence, mob violence continues to plague the Kingdom due – say many rights monitors – to a lack of faith in the judicial system. Perpetrators are rarely, if ever, prosecuted.

Ny Chakrya, head of Adhoc’s human rights program, said in “a case of robbery and the victim shouts for help, people can arrest them and hand them over to police, but if the thieves have no possibility to fight back, and [the vigilantes] still hit them . . . they are guilty.”

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Three charged for torture and assault of petty thief Cheang Sokha

Workers hurt in truck crash Khoun Leakhana and Sean Teehan

THE Preah Sihanouk provincial court yesterday charged two Russian nationals and a Ukrainian man for the illegal detention and torture of a Cambodian who tried to steal a mobile phone.

Court prosecutor You Tith Vathanak charged Russians Sundakov Vadym, 34, and Kulikov Alexander, 26, and Ukrainian, Anatoll Vlamirovich Krukatov, 27, with the illegal detention of 27-year-old Mom Rithy, police officials said yesterday.

“Actually, the investigating judge has already issued a detention order after the prosecutor issued charges against them, but as is procedure they have to be questioned before being taken to be jailed,” Suth Sam On, deputy chief at the police minor crime office, said yesterday.

Sam On said that the suspects were brought to court yesterday afternoon, with the prosecutor questioning the men for several hours before forwarding the case to an investigating judge who questioned the men until nightfall.

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Anatoll Vlamirovich Krukatov, 27, (left) Kulikov Alexander, 26, (centre) and Sundakov Vadym, 34, exit Sihanouk province’s Central Bureau of Criminal Police yesterday. PHOTO SUPPLIED

The trio was arrested on Tuesday night, after police found Rithy tied up, gagged and with his thumbnail ripped off in a Preah Sihanouk home.

The victim, who was recently released from jail for an unknown crime, told media from his hospital bed on Wednesday that he jumped the wall of the suspects’ home to try and steal their belongings.

“When they found me they grabbed me and took my trousers off and beat me until I was

unconscious,” he said, adding he was also tied up by his legs and left to hang upside down.

Local police official Nhet Phors said that two of the three suspects have confessed to the crimes, saying they tortured Rithy because he tried to steal their property.

“They admitted all offences that they did to the victim to police,” Phors said, adding the suspects appeared to be frustrated during their overnight stay in police custody.

ORTY garment workers on their way to their jobs in the Seng Special Economic Zone were injured when the two trucks that carried them hit one another on Wednesday morning.

The crash occurred when the trucks, which were driving next to each other, collided as they drove down National Road 1 in Svay Reing’s Bavet district at about 7:40am, said deputy district police chief Chea Sina.

Workers on the trucks suffered sprained arms and legs, peeled skin and injuries from hitting their heads, Sina said.

Police impounded both trucks for evidence, said Pich Sarorn, Svay Reing provincial chief of traffic police. Many of the injured were hospitalised with varying degrees of injury.

“Now, some workers are staying at the hospital and some have recovered and got out,” Sarorn said.

The accident underscores the need for factory owners to provide better pay and benefits for their employees, said Moeun Tola, head of the labour pro-

gram at the Community Legal Education Center.

Garment workers are typically only granted between $7 and $10 per month to subsidise their travel to and from work, leading them to choose cheap, but unsafe forms of transportation, like crowded truck beds.

“Most of the people are talking about the security, health systems inside the working place, but they seldom talk about the worker outside travelling to and from work,” Tola said. “The trucks are not qualified; accidents happen very often.”

Ken Loo, secretary general of the Garment Manufacturer’s Association in Cambodia, said companies are required to provide at least $7 per month in allowance for transportation or housing meets workers’ needs.

But the money is meant to subsidise, not necessarily cover workers’ transportation.

“It’s an allowance, it’s not to say that it should cover the whole cost,” Loo said.

Labour advocates have been working to get clothing brands and manufacturers to provide workers free transportation, but it’s an uphill battle, Tola said.

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NagaWorld strikers told: back to work

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UNDREDS of workers from NagaWorld are no closer to having their demands for a wage increase met after they were told yesterday that casino management will not negotiate with them until they end their strike and go back to work.

“There was no result,” said Sok Narith, a union representative who attended a meeting with company and municipal officials at City Hall. Narith said that during the two-hour meeting, Phnom Penh deputy governor Khuong Sreng had not addressed the workers’ demands, choosing instead to focus on the strike itself, which began last week.

“City Hall and the company demanded we go back to work.

Only then will they continue negotiating,” Narith said. “We will not make a decision until we speak to the strikers.”

Police and security guards cracked down on strikers outside the casino on Tuesday, briefly detaining 19 workers and union leaders. Workers remained on strike at about 7pm last night, some distance from the casino.

Sreng could not be reached for comment. KHOUTH SOPHAK CHAKRYA

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PM seeks the Villagers call for state electricity veteran vote Sen David

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n a speech aimed squarely at his political base, Prime Minister Hun Sen yesterday reminded a crowd of some 500 ruling-party-aligned disabled veterans that his Cambodian People’s Party was the party of peace and economic stability.

Presiding over an annual ceremony honouring veterans, Hun Sen expressed his gratitude for the former soldiers’ sacrifices – sacrifices that he said had contributed to Cambodia’s relative calm and continued economic development.

“I thank all former [soldiers] who always support the CPP in previous elections, and I strongly hope that you will continue to support the CPP for the forthcoming election, and the next term of election . . . [and] continue joining hands in difficult times and prosperous times so that national economic development can be more successful,” said the premier.

Returning to familiar material, the premier reiterated the

ruling party’s role in toppling the Khmer Rouge regime in 1979, and in bringing its senior leaders to justice, and attributed its success to his audience.

“There is no doubt that peaceful stability that we have today would not have happened without all of you and your sacrifices, which were symbols of nationalism,” he said.

Independent political analyst Lao Mong Hay characterised the prime minister’s remarks as an attempt at drumming up support at the ballot box, and said that while the ruling party may have managed to bring peace to Cambodia, it was still lagging far behind in what he called the “loophole issues” of corruption, public services, foreign debt, environmental degradation and the management of the state’s institutions and justice system.

“Though the ruling party has maintained stability and peace, Cambodian people are still victims when it comes to those loophole issues, and the government has to reconsider all those issues [after the election],” Mong Hay said.

ABOUT 200 protesters clamoured yesterday in front of a Kandal province commune chief’s office, demanding the state take control of providing their electricity.

Yong Phany, a 32-year-old protester from Ang Snuol district’s Poeuk commune said Peoun Sambat, the private company contracted to provide electricity to the region about 10 years ago, charges far more than state prices.

Community members previously sent a petition to Prime Minister Hun Sen asking the state to take over as their electricity provider, but the petition never reached the premier, Phany said.

Pet La, 59, who also lives in the community, said they pay about 1,000 riel ($0.25) per kilowatt of electricity.

The price should be cut in half, he said.

“The electricity’s company is more difficult than the state because they can do

anything without understand the resident’s concerns,” La said.

Peoun Sambat’s owner could not be reached for comment yesterday.

Poeuk Commune Chief Penh Phal appealed residents to stop protesting, because the company has two years left in its contract, which ties the government’s hands.

“In two years next the contract will expire,” Phal said.

“The state will be able to manage the electricity then.”

Meth traffickers get 4 years Buth Reaksmey Kongkea

A PHNOM Penh municipal judge yesterday sentenced two convicted methamphetamine traffickers to four years in prison in a case that dates back nearly a year.

Wang Zhon Ghua, 57, of China and Nguyen Thiyung, 50, of Vietnam were also ordered to each pay fines of four million riel ($1,000) following their July 2012 arrest, when police found them selling about a half-kilogram of methamphetamine in Phnom Penh’s Boeung Keng Kang II commune.

“They both have the right to appeal to the upper court if they do not agree with this court’s decision,” Judge Kim Dany added.

Anti-drug police arrested both men when they found Zhon Ghua bringing about 43 grams of methamphetamine to Thiyung on the street, said Phnom Penh Municipal Judge Te Sam Ang. A subsequent search of Zhon Ghua’s room at the Paradise Hotel in Prampei Makara district’s Monorom commune turned up more of the drugs.

Altogether, police found

about a half-kilogram of methamphetamine along with drug paraphernalia including scales, judge Sam Ang said.

Both men denied any involvement in drug trafficking during their trial on June 10. At that time, both claimed the anti-drug police planted the drugs on them.

“I was not trafficking drugs, I was not aware about these drugs seized from me or from my room,” Zhon Ghua said at the trial.

“I was only the victim of accusation and arrest, I would like to ask the court to release me.”

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figures could have a myriad of explanations beyond a waning commitment from authorities, such as a decline in traffickers or an indication that traffickers had adopted more sophisticated methods to evade better policing.

Systemic corruption has stymied anti-trafficking efforts at

The level of impunity . . . creates a safe haven for trafficking all levels, the report notes, with some labour recruitment firms reportedly having financial connections with senior government officials – though no evidence is given.

Sochua pointed to the large nightclubs, spas and massage parlours in Phnom Penh that act as fronts for brothels.

“Don’t tell me these are just clubs. Behind every club of that size there is an official behind, police or military . . .

They cannot open without the

blessing, the support and the protection of high-ranking officials,” she said.

“I think the report is correct.

I think the level of poverty, the level of corruption and the level of impunity all creates a safe haven for trafficking.”

In December 2011, Eam Rattana, the former Phnom Penh anti-human trafficking and juvenile protection chief was sentenced in absentia to seven years in prison for complicity in an illegal prostitution ring.

He escaped the charges and is said to remain at-large.

The TIP report also cites the plight of Cambodian domestic workers in the region, particularly those left stranded in Malaysia after the government placed a ban on maids traveling there in 2011 amid reports of abuse.

Moeun Tola, labour program head at the Community Legal Education Center, said many parents are still missing daughters who lost contact after their contracts were allowed to be extended without family approval.

A maid who said she was kidnapped and raped while working in Malaysia returns to Cambodia last year. pha lina

police blotter Fiery foursome finds conversation too hot WHEN it comes to boozing it up in Battambang, three can be company and four a violent crowd. Such was the case on Wednesday when a carpenter sat down for a few beers with a farmer and two of his friends.

As the beer flowed, so did the inner thoughts of the increasingly drunk men, and an argument between the farmer and one of his friends ensued. The fireworks flared further when the carpenter intervened and punched the farmer, breaking a few teeth. The farmer responded with similar brutality and the pair was sent to court. Nokorwat

Wayward soldier winds up being two-bit wretch A SOLDIER who protected the country from terrorism by day proved a terrible thief by night when – despite his knowledge of the intricate workings of the criminal mind – his efforts to steal a motorbike proved inept.

Police said a motodop, 29, left his prized possession outside a nightclub in the capital while he waited for clients early Wednesday morning. The soldier, seizing on a chance to fly home, made off with the moto to what he thought was freedom. But the victim rallied his peers, who chased down the soldier, 27, and made a citizen’s arrest. Nokorwat

Quick trigger lands soldier in hot water ANOTHER – you guessed it – soldier who moonlights as a security guard may be forced to give up both his day and night jobs after allegedly shooting at a co-worker during an argument. The 51-year-old was arrested on Wednesday, accused of firing at his colleague, 37, while guarding a block of flats in the capital’s Sen Sok district. Thankfully, his inability to shoot straight saved his victim, who ran for his life to police. The wayward shooter was arrested. Nokorwat

Patient traffickers paid visit by impatient cops

Six trafficked fishermen and plantation workers arrive at Phnom Penh International Airport yesterday after working under inhumane conditions in Thailand and Malaysia. vireak mai

“The problem is that there is no clear governance and no strong measures from the government to close those companies so the companies are just careless,” he said.

Cambodia plans to send up to 400 maids to Singapore later this year under a pilot scheme after training, and if their safety can be assured, according to the Ministry of Labour, who could not be reached for comment yesterday.

Chiv Pally, deputy director at the anti-human trafficking and juvenile protection department, denied the report’s accusations.

He pointed to the recent arrest of Taiwanese national Lin Yu Shin, 53, who was arrested in Siem Reap on charges of trafficking Cambo-

dians onto fishing trawlers off the coast of Africa, as evidence of government action.

Lin’s company – Giant Ocean International Fishery – is estimated by CLEC to have trafficked some 1,000 Cambodians over the past few years who were lured with the promise of lucrative jobs.

Last month anti-trafficking NGOs including the International Organization for Migration told the Post that the number of Cambodian men being trafficked to work on Thai fishing vessels had exponentially increased this year.

Just yesterday, six Cambodians who were rescued after being trafficked to work as fishermen and plantations workers in Malaysia and Thailand were repatriated, with 10

other rescued workers waiting to return.

According to Tola, however, Cambodian labourers wanting to work abroad are caught in a double-bind as even when they go through legal channels, they face exploitation.

“It’s a good step to arrest the Giant Ocean owner…but there are other agencies that are recruiting people and sending them to Thailand, Malaysia and other countries and putting them into slavery-like working conditions,” he said.

Thailand was placed on the Tier 2 watch list for the fourth consecutive year and would have been relegated to Tier 3 had it not again been granted a waiver in exchange for unveiling plans that could meet anti-trafficking standards if implemented.

TWO drug mules were more like sitting ducks when they were arrested in Kampong Cham with 15 packages of yama on Tuesday. Police said a tip-off led them to the woman, 51, and the man, 22, who were waiting for other dealers in their network to pick up the goods for delivery. The pair confessed their wrongdoing, but refused to reveal from whom they bought the drugs. Police sent them to court. Nokorwat

Smacked-out son rages against machine, mom DRUG addiction is believed to be behind a 23-year-old’s attack on his mother in Kampot town. The son was sent to court on Wednesday for injuring his mother, 50, after she refused to give him money for drugs. In a fit of rage, he pushed her to the ground and then went after her motorbike – with an axe. Mom reported her son to police, who promptly arrested him. Kampuchea Thmey Translated by Phak Seangly

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Business Indicative Exchange Rates as of 20/06/2013. Please contact ANZ Royal Global Markets on 023 999 910 for real time rates.

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This week in biz Aussie police under fire in BHP scandal

THE Australian Federal Police (AFP) have come under fire for a failure to investigate the BHP Billiton corruption scandal in which the mining giant is alleged to have bribed government officials in Cambodia and China, according to a report published in the Australian newspaper The Age.

Skyscraper woes continue in dispute

THE saga of the stalled $240 million Gold Tower 42 in Phnom Penh was revived last week when it emerged that a supplier for the project had accused the owner and builder of failing to pay out nearly $500,000 in fees, according to an injunction request obtained by the Post.

Tonlesap becomes Wat Phnom Airlines

A farmer plants rice sprouts in a paddy field in Thailand’s Suphan Buri province in 2012. reuters

Thai rice cuts pose problems Hor Kimsay

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hailand’s recent announcement of a 20 per cent price cut within the government rice-pledging scheme will have little impact for Cambodian exports, but farmers may feel the effects, say industry insiders.

In an article published in the Bangkok Post on June 19, Thailand’s cabinet had agreed to reduce the price paid to rice farmers, from 15,000 baht ($490) to 12,000 baht per tonne.

Sok David, vice president of Golden

Rice Cambodia told the Post yesterday that he does not think the reduced price will affect the Cambodian rice industry yet as it is still higher than paddy prices in Cambodia.

“We are still getting many inquiries from Thai traders that can not find good prices in Thailand,” David said.

“So they are turning to Cambodia for the same or higher quality rice at a better price.”

While Cambodia’s white rice has challenges competing with neighbouring countries, the Kingdom’s fragrant rice export is still holding

strong, experts say.

On average, the price of Thai’s fragrant rice is $1,150 per tonne, $100 to $150 higher per tonne than Cambodian fragrant rice.

Song Saran, chief executive officer and President of AMRU Rice Cambodia, said the Thai price reduction may reduce the flow of paddy from Cambodia to its two neighbouring countries.

“Now Vietnam’s rice is too cheap and Thailand reduced the price. So, the farmers will have nowhere to sell the paddy,” Saran said.

Cambodia has about three million hectares for paddy cultivation producing about 9 million tonnes per year in both the rainy and dry seasons.

Saran says changes to the Thai policy will need greater commitment from the entire Cambodian rice industry and the government to counter the impacts.

“It needs the support from government, banks, rice exporters, and private sectors to invest in purchasing paddy rice from farmers during the harvesting,” he said.

GROUNDED Tonlesap Airlines has changed its name to Wat Phnom Airlines, an official with Cambodia’s State Secretariat of Civil Aviation said, about two months after the local chartered carrier suspended all of its flights.

Discount shops attracting crowds

THE number of “Mart 2,500 Riel” or “Mart 60 Cent” shops has skyrocketed in Phnom Penh over the past couple of years, due to an expanding economy and a growing middle class. But while it brings profits to the shops, it can also hurt small business vendors in traditional markets by undercutting them.

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Business Markets China manufacturing hits nine-month low Kelly Olsen

CHINA’S manufacturing activity shrank again in June, HSBC said Thursday, hitting a nine-month low and adding to concerns about the strength of the world’s second biggest economy.

The British banking giant said its preliminary purchasing managers’ index (PMI) came in at 48.3, worse than May’s final reading of 49.2 and its lowest since September.

A reading below 50 indicates contraction, while anything above signals expansion.

The index tracks manufacturing activity in China’s factories and workshops and is a closely watched barometer of the health of the economy.

“Manufacturing sectors are weighed down by deteriorating external demand, moderating domestic demand and rising destocking pressures,” Qu Hongbin, HSBC’s chief economist for China, said in the release.

HSBC said it will release the final reading for the month on July 1. The data follows another batch of weak economic indicators in May that showed industrial output, fixed asset investment – a

key measure of government spending – and exports and imports all weakened.

Zhang Zhiwei, economist at Nomura International in Hong Kong, said in a report that “the fall reinforces our concerns over the downside risks to the economy”.

Economists have grown fearful over the outlook for China’s economy, which grew 7.8 per cent in 2012, its worst performance in 13 years, owing to slack demand for exports in the United States and debtriddled Europe.

The first three months of the year saw expansion of just 7.7 per cent, disappointing analysts who had expected growth to accelerate in 2013 after showing strength at the end of last year.

The government has set a growth target for 2013 of 7.5 per cent, as it looks to retool its economic model from exports to domestic consumption.

“Beijing prefers to use reforms rather than stimulus to sustain growth,” HSBC’s Qu said.

“While reforms can boost long-term growth prospects, they will have a limited impact in the short term,” he said, adding economic growth for the second quarter should weaken slightly. AFP

Gov’t revenues rise 11 pct May Kunmakara

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OVERNMENT revenues totalled more than $700 million over the first four months of the year, an 11 per cent year-on-year increase, data from the Ministry of Economy and Finance (MEF) show.

In total, the revenue made by the General Department of Taxation (GDT) rose by about 30 per cent while revenue from the General Department Customs and Excise (GDCE) rose slightly, by about four per cent. Revenue from cities and provinces went up by 33.5 per cent.

Hiroshi Suzuki, CEO and chief economist at the Business Research Institute for Cambodia, said many international agencies such as the International Monetary Fund, World Bank and Asian Development Bank, are expressing the importance of continuous effort on taxation by the government, because this stable revenue is indispensable for the development of Cambodia.

“So far, especially with the assistance from the World Bank, the Ministry of Economy and Finance has made great efforts to increase tax collection. MEF and many donors made good

Motorists ride past the General Department of Taxation in Phnom Penh last year. pha lina

cooperation to implement the Public Financial Management Reform Program, [a program to improve the government’s financial system and spending].

For example, in the field of customs, the World Bank provided ASYCUDA, a system to improve the tax collection at customs such as at Sihanoukville port,” he said.

“The capacity development of staff of GDT and GDCE is also very important for the government. The Japan International Cooperation Agency has dispatched many experts

to GDCE to improve the customs system and the capacity of staff,” he added.

The president of the Cambodia Institute for Development Study, Kang Chandararot, told the Post recently that the construction sector can be make a big contribution to the country’s growth. “[The] increase in tax collection reflects reality as the construction sector starts to bounce back. In addition, [the] education sector has become an attractive [source for] investment during the last years, due to [growing] demand.”

Kang Chandararot said tax losses could occur because of the lack of developed collection systems, inaccuracy of business reports, and limited capacity of tax officers. “However, this cannot serve to estimate the exact loss [of] money.”

Stephen Higgins, former CEO of ANZ Royal Bank said that corruption is one among other factors—“capacity and capability in revenue raising areas is important. Improving and streamlining customs would make a big difference, and is something that most businesses would want to see.”

The opposition party, however, claims the government loses between $400 million to $500 million due to corruption by officials.

“The improvement of taxation is not an easy job,” Suzuki said.

“Many developing countries, not only Cambodia, have been tackling this issue. I hope [that] both the government and donors will continue their efforts on this issue for Cambodia.”

At the same time, government’s expense budget [excluding the expenses for other projects that are not paid from the national treasury] is worth $443 million, a decrease of 5.8 per cent compared to the same period last year.

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Business

Taiwanese firms look to future while Cambodia doesn’t, so we can have mass production here.

What are the main challenges for Taiwanese companies operating businesses in Cambodia?

As the sixth largest foreign investors in Cambodia with more than $800 million worth of investment in 2011, Taiwanese investors play an important role in Cambodia’s manufacturing industry. The Post’s Mak Lawrence Li talked to the president of the Taiwan Commercial Association of Cambodia (TCAC), Lin Zhi Long, about business operations of Taiwanese companies in the Kingdom.

What is the TCAC’s role in Cambodia?

Currently we have more than 3,000 Taiwanese businessmen in Cambodia with a majority of them operating factories producing different kinds of products. Therefore, it is crucial to have a platform for Taiwanese to seek help and to offer help whenever they have any difficulties, and that’s why we are here in Cambodia. We are the first and the largest Taiwanbased business association in Cambodia, with about 300 companies as our members.

How did Taiwanese companies first emerge in Cambodia?

Many of the Taiwan companies pro-

Lin Zhi Long, chairman of the Taiwanese Business Association, speaks to the Post at his office in Phnom Penh on Tuesday. hong menea

duce garments or clothing in Cambodia, as they are the pioneering investors to come, including me. There are in total about 400 foreign-invested garment factories around Cambodia, and Taiwan account for 92, which is close to one-fourth of the total. Taiwan is the largest foreign investor and exporter of garments in Cambodia.

Why do so many Taiwanese investors come to Cambodia?

Of course, cheap wages of workers is the largest incentive for us to set up branches and factories in Cambodia. I came for more than 15 years ago, at that time, comparing the salaries of the Cambodians with those in China or Taiwan or other Asian countries, Cambodia is among the cheapest. The second thing is unlimited quotas. Some of the places such as Vietnam, Indonesia have quota restrictions for foreign manufacturers

When we first came here, everything was so different from our hometown, the languages, the weather, the infrastructure and the business situation. I once travelled to Kampong Cham province and it took me nearly seven hours, as the roads were not well-built at the time.

We need to overcome the lack of logistics support, as the transportation is still in development, cost involving that may increase.

For now, things get better as Cambodia, especially Phnom Penh, strongly encourages foreign investment, and we are getting more support from the local government and cooperation with local companies. But with increasing investors from around the world, demand for workers are soaring and what comes next is the rise in wages. For example, the minimum wage here is $80 per month and almost all the factories are paying a lot more than that, maybe $100, $110, or even up to $130, to retain manpower for daily operation.

With more and more foreign investment in Cambodia, how do Taiwan-

ese companies maintain their leading position in the manufacturing sector?

Well, competition is everywhere and of course we are concerned about that. The Korean and Japanese firms are coming; the Chinese are switching their product lines to Cambodia; even those from Europe want a share in the market.

Nonetheless, we are not worried about it. What we simply need to do is to cut costs, for instance moving factories into more inland areas which are cheaper in both the land and labour costs. The second thing is diversity and creativity, which include changes in our product design and enhanced quality control.

Effective management style and technological advancement is also important for improving efficiency.

What do you think the future holds for Cambodia?

Cambodia is a developing country and there is a large potential in the economy. What I see is that in the next three to five years are the most important period for Cambodia in developing its infrastructure, transportation, banking and finance and also housing. Most of my workers now are from the countryside as people from Phnom Penh are getting wealthier.

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Markets Business

CSX missing some magic continued from page 1

of the CSX,” says Soleil Lamun, deputy director of the market operations department at the CSX. “A lot of people participated in the market, in the buying and selling of stock. And then there were fewer: there was less interest in the market.

“But I also see that those people . . . who participated in the beginning, and also many new people, they are waiting to see more listed companies,” he says, adding the bold claim that 10 or more will make an initial public offering (IPO) within the next three years.

Experts are at odds over the problem.

Many say it’s too early to pass judgment; the development rate is normal for a first-time bourse, and in line with other countries in the region.

The Lao Securities Exchange started trading in January 2011. Only two companies have listed so far.

“The progress of CSX has been slow, although that is expected when new stock exchanges launch in emerging markets,” says Gordon Peters, managing partner of Emerging Markets Consulting. “In Vietnam, it took about 10 years before the stock market took off.

In Lao PDR, the progress has not been significantly faster than it is in Cambodia,” he says.

The Ho Chi Minh Stock Exchange had its first trading session in July 2000, with two stocks. Today, more than 300 companies are listed.

But experts also argue that a lack of awareness, administrative barriers and missing incentives to list are among the reasons for the sluggish growth.

Plans for a Cambodian bourse materialised in 2008 between the Cambodian Ministry of Economy and Finance and the Korea Exchange.

A year later, both parties signed a joint venture to create the CSX. Under the agreement, Cambodia owns 55 per cent, while the rest goes to the Korea Exchange. While the market had its inauguration in July 2011, trading started in April 2012, after the water supply authority went public.

The news was met with cheers.

“Cambodia Embracing Capitalism With First IPO Since Pol Pot,” beamed a headline in Bloomberg news, which went on to quote interest from global investors.

On the day of the first trading session, institutional and retail investors traded 879,426 shares worth about $2 million.

PPWSA closed at 9,300 riel ($2.33), from an opening of 6,300 riel, a 48 per cent bump.

But after reaching a peak of 10,200 riel on April 23, 2012, the price started to fall. Today, there is almost no fluctuation in price and volumes are tiny. From a total of about 4,300 investors, on aver-

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An employee sits in the empty office of the Cambodia Stock Exchange in Phnom Penh yesterday. hong menea

age, only about 100 domestic and foreign investors are participating actively in trading water supply authority shares every trading day, according to the Securities and Exchange Commission of Cambodia (SECC).

As with many exchanges, trading on the CSX does not require brokers to come to the physical trading room. If investors want to buy or sell stocks, they can go to or call one of the securities

In Lao PDR, the progress has not been significantly faster than it is in Cambodia. firms and a broker places their order, which is then sent to the CSX. The initial plan for the exchange was to begin with three state-owned companies, including Telecom Cambodia and Sihanoukville Autonomous Port.

Earlier this month, however, the director general of the Sihanoukville deep sea port, Lou Kim Chhun, said the company is still working with an underwriter, SBI Phnom Penh Securities, on its IPO. He didn’t have a time frame.

In March, Telecom Cambodia’s plan to join was derailed by poor finances and after an alleged embezzlement scandal at its top levels.

Chamroeun Sok, who works with a different underwriter, Phnom Penh Securities (PPS), says investors “don’t just want to buy one stock”.

“They want to diversify the risk, meaning that they divide 20 per cent to buy stock A, 30 per cent to buy stock B or 50 per cent to buy stock C. But just only one stock, there’s no choice, so they just stay calm and wait and see whether the stock goes up or goes down.”

Located in a modern building near ACLEDA Bank’s head office, PPS is one of seven underwriters in the country – a comparatively high number given the current low trade volume. It’s as if they are waiting for someone to step up to the plate.

As the market is new in Cambodia, many companies have to familiarise themselves with the IPO process and all its requirements, which can prove a difficulty for firms used to a more lax business environment. An IPO in Cambodia requires at least three years of audited financial reports, in line with international standards.

The necessary tax incentives aren’t in place either.

“For the normal company, they pay 20 per cent, for the listed company, they pay 18 per cent, so only a two per cent discount. That is not so attractive,” said PPS’s Sok. That’s not to say there isn’t a broad effort underway to lure businesses into the fold. To tackle the issue, underwriters, the SECC and the CSX, have been organising seminars to educate both traders and businesses. PPS says it has organised more than 300 of them.

The SECC has also created a technical working group, called the IPO development team, which meets with underwriters, accounting firms, lawyers and interested companies.

“And besides this, we may propose some additional policies, such as incentives,” says Sok Dara, deputy director general of the SECC. The SECC is also reaching out to other markets in the region, such as Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam, bringing experienced managers to Cambodia to talk

about prepping for an IPO and the longterm benefits of the public option.

While Dara knows that the stock market’s status quo is untenable, he remains optimistic. Having looked around the region, he said it takes about three years after the inauguration to build a healthy market.

“We can say that we are very happy with the outcome,” he said. “Some experts, local and foreign experts, said that Cambodia wasn’t ready to launch the securities market. But finally, we have the operation in place.”

Dara says company interest has come from the financial sector, micro finance, commercial banking, insurance companies, special economic zones, the hotel and restaurant industry, the mining and entertainment sectors and even major supermarkets.

In terms of listed companies, the CSX is expected to surpass Laos soon.

Two Taiwanese-owned garment firms, Grand Twins International and TY Fashion, plan to list in the coming months, with the first one hoping for an IPO as early as late July.

The CSX plans to have a new headquarters in 2014. Construction has begun in January, a move that officials said will help boosting investor confidence.

Han Kyung Tae, the managing director of Tong Yang Securities (Cambodia), which helped launched the water supply authority’s IPO as an underwriter, is not placing bets one way or the other.

“Since this is the youngest stock exchange in the world, I’d like to reserve my judgment on the overall performance of the Cambodia stock market until a few more years down the road,” he said.

EURO-area services and factory output increased more than economists forecast in June, adding to signs the currency bloc may emerge from its record-length recession in the second quarter.

A composite index based on a survey of purchasing managers in both industries rose to 48.9 from 47.7 in May, London-based Markit Economics said yesterday. That is the highest in 15 months and exceeded the median estimate of 48.1 in a Bloomberg News survey (ECPMICOU) of 26 economists. A reading below 50 indicates contraction.

The six-quarter contraction in the euro-area economy is forecast to end in the April-June period, when economists project gross domestic product will stagnate before growing 0.1 per cent in the third quarter, according to a Bloomberg survey. Still, a slowdown in Chinese manufacturing is raising concerns that European exports may struggle to help the recovery at a time when budget cuts continue to dampen consumer spending.

Yesterday’s report “reinforces the view that the euro-zone recession is gradually petering out”, said Martin van Vliet, senior euro-area economist at ING Bank NV in Amsterdam. “Please note, however, that any further recovery later in the year is likely to be very slow and bumpy.”

The euro extended declines against the US dollar after the purchasing-managers data.

A euro-area gauge based on a survey of purchasing managers in the services industry rose to 48.6 in June from 47.2 in May, according to yesterday’s report.

A measure of euro-area manufacturing output increased to 48.7 this month from 48.3 in May. In Germany, Europe’s largest economy, the services industry expanded at the fastest pace in four months in June, while manufacturing continued to contract. The German services index rose to 51.3 this month from 49.7 in May, Markit said. A gauge of German manufacturing fell to 48.7 in June from 49.4 in the prior month. BLOOMBERG

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Business The Phnom Penh Post Hennessy success story

Gilles Hennessy goes where the flow is If there ever was a quintessential Hennessy Success Story, the distinction belongs to Gilles Hennessy, the 7th generation descendant of Irishman Richard Hennessy who founded the famous Cognac that bears his name back in 1765.

Hennessy, who paid a visit to Phnom Penh last week to meet local distributor Attwood, serves as Executive Vice President of Moet Hennessy in charge of business development together with the coordination of the Houses in the Wines and Spirits branch.

Hennessy took time with The Phnom Penh Post’s Stuart Alan Becker for a sit-down interview at the top floor of Attwood center about what it’s like to be heir to such a wellknown brand and about his impressions of Cambodia.

With a French father and a British mother, Hennessy leads internationally, having spent many years dealing with the marketing end of the business. His English is more English than French accented and he is obviously comfortable in any international environment.

When did you first join your family company?

I joined in 1971 and worked two years with our master distiller learning how to make the product. It gives you a lot of confidence in being able to talk about it. Different presidents have come and gone, but at least they can’t fool you.

Are you glad to have followed in the footsteps of your ancestors? Do you feel you carry some of the same spirit as Richard Hennessy?

Yes. This is what I wanted to do. If you look at what we have built one of the elements is the spirit of conquest which is very appropriate if you go back to the founder. He had to leave Ireland, persecuted by the British and he was in one of the numerous Irish regiments that were working for the King of France. He retired in France. Later it was mainly his son who really got the business going. I think we feel more international than given to any country because 99 per cent of our business is international.

What’s your understanding of how your Hennessy fact file Name: Gilles Hennessy Birthplace: Cognac, France, 1949 Occupation: Executive Vice President of Moet Hennessy in charge of Business Development Interests: Travel, growing the Hennessy and Moet brands all over the world

Stuart Alan Becker

Special Projects Officer family’s name became synonymous with Cognac?

It came gradually. Originally, all Cognac was shipped through London in casks.

The bottling only started in 1850 with the manufacturing of bottles. You had a tap and you filled bottles. We started putting the Hennessy name on it and that started really branding it.

What kinds of things do you like to see the Hennessy brand associated with?

Quality to start off with. After that, it is what people feel like. Fine food, entertainment and night life. Hennessy is a spirits brand. That’s what it is about.

Having a legendary name means something; it gives you a special responsibility to the brand. It can be very useful.

Does it ring true that as long as you have high quality you’re going to survive?

If you haven’t got quality you are not going to survive. You can fool a consumer once but not twice. The consistence of our quality is paramount. We are very lucky to have this same family since the beginning. I have two sons but they are into other businesses.

LVMH (Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton) is managed in a decentralised way with a philosophy and 60 different companies. It is a good way of doing it. If you believe you are running your own entity, you perform better.

Is Asia more important than other parts of the world for Moet Hennessy?

Asia is the biggest region, profit-wise for Hennessy. We’ve been around a long time.

We started importing in China in 1859 and in Japan in 1868, so China and Asia have always been important. Asians like the finer things in life and are very prone to luxury products. We are the number one luxury wines and spirits company in the world. We built a big champagne business in Japan for

the last 20 years. We will build a champagne market for China. Champagne was not in the Japanese or Chinese taste profile at the beginning, and like other things, champagne is an acquired taste. You got to get the product in people’s hands. Asia is the fastest growing area in the world. You have to go where the flow is.

What’s the best of the various types of Hennessy Cognac?

It depends who you want to treat. Right to the top is Richard and the other is Paradis.

They are top echelon. We have about seven different types due to ageing and blending.

The older they are the more expensive. The mystery of the art of blending produces the exceptional. Of the two main products XO is more status orientated and VSOP is geared toward a younger crowd.

We have launched the Hennessy Artistry series and that has totally enhanced the Hennessy image among the young crowd.

You have to keep an old brand young and vibrant; otherwise it becomes stuffy and perishes.

How long does Cognac last?

Wine ages in bottles, peaks and declines and if you keep it too long it will be undrinkable. But not Cognac. As long as Cognac is sealed, there is no issue.

Comparing the Cambodia of mid-2013 with the Cambodia you visited in 2010, what changes have you seen?

When I was here in 2010 we decided to step on the gas because we believed there was more potential and we have grown significantly since that date and will continue to do so.

Usually we grow faster than the economy. We are bullish on Cambodia because of what you can see. I came here for the first time in 1992, the same day the UN troops came in. I had trouble finding a room at what is today the Hotel

Cambodiana. There has been a total transformation since then, and I’m very glad to see it. The Khmer are nice people despite the history they’ve had to endure.

Is there anything you’d like to say about Cambodia?

I like coming here and I spent the 1999 millennium New Year’s Eve in Angkor invited by one of the ministers, sitting with monks performing, it was quite an amazing site. I like this place and I like coming here.

How does the future look?

It is a happy life. We have success. When you have success, it helps. If you continue to grow the business, do it the right way. I’m very happy with what I have been doing. Moet Hennessy is much bigger now than it ever was and it will be even bigger in the future.

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World China puts monitoring on Tibetans China has completed a monitoring scheme in restive Tibet that requires all telephone and internet users to register, state media said on Wednesday, as part of a campaign to crack down on what officials describe as rumours.

Tibetans are already closely watched, due to decades of often violent unrest in protest at Chinese rule, which Beijing blames on exiled spiritual leader the Dalai Lama.

By the end of last year, all 2.76 million fixed line and mobile telephone users and 1.47 million internet users in the remote region had registered for services under their real identities, Xinhua news agency said.

The scheme “is conducive to protecting citizens’ personal information and curbing the spread of detrimental information” the report quoted government official Nyima Doje as saying.

The growing popularity of the internet and mobile phones has “brought about social problems, including the rampant circulation of online rumours, pornography and spam messages”, another official, Dai Jianguo, said. REUTERS

Fare play Students invade a subway station during a protest calling for a public transport free pass in the Federal District on Wednesday in Brasilia. Protests initially sparked by a hike in bus fares in Sao Paulo last week quickly spiralled into nationwide marches against corruption, fuelled by anger that – in a country with a wide rich-poor divide – billions of dollars were being spent on the Confederations Cup and upcoming World Cup 2014, and far too little was earmarked for social programs. Unlike other cities, this protest was completely peaceful and ended without incident. Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro rolled back their transit fare hikes, to begin on Monday.

US-Taliban meet off A

fresh effort to end Afghanistan’s 12year-old war looked in disarray on Thursday after a diplomatic row about the Taliban’s new Qatar office delayed preliminary discussions between the US and the Islamist insurgents.

Talks between US officials and Taliban representatives had been set for Thursday in the Gulf state but Afghan government anger at the opening of a Taliban office there threw preparations into confusion.

The dispute may set the tone for what could be long and arduous negotiations to end a war that has raged since the US invasion of Afghanistan in 2001.

Asked when the talks would now take place, a source in Doha told Reuters: “There is nothing scheduled that I am

aware of.” Asked if that meant they would not happen on Thursday, the source added: “Yes, that’s correct.”

The opening of the office was a practical step paving the way for peace talks. But the official-looking protocol surrounding the event raised angry protests in Kabul that the office would develop into a Taliban government-in-exile: a diplomatic scramble ensued to allay their concerns.

Repeated phone calls by John Kerry, the US secretary of state, appeared not to have mollified Karzai, who accused the Obama administration of duplicity. Irritated by a press conference in Qatar at which the Taliban attempted to portray themselves as a government in exile, Karzai suspended talks on a longterm security deal to keep US

troops in Afghanistan after Nato leaves in 2014.

News on Tuesday that American diplomats would sit down with Taliban leaders – the first direct talks since the US helped oust the group from power in 2001 – prompted speculation that real progress towards a negotiated end to the war in Afghanistan might be in sight.

But while the Taliban hinted at meeting US demands of a break with al-Qaida – saying Afghan soil should not be used to harm other countries – there was only the barest of nods to Kabul’s request that they talk to the current administration and respect Afghanistan’s constitution.

The group infuriated Karzai by displaying a white Taliban flag and referring to the “Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan”, the name the group used

when they ruled from Kabul.

The US had pledged the Taliban would only be able to use Doha as a base for talks, not as a political platform, and Karzai felt the Tuesday press conference was a clear violation of that promise, an official Afghan source told the Guardian.

The Taliban also claimed responsibility for a rocket attack on the Bagram air base that killed four Americans on the same day that the tentative deal about talks was announced.

More significant than the Taliban office in Qatar is the insistence of the US in taking part in broad negotiations at all. The Afghan government would prefer the US to restrict its role to fringe issues such as the fate of prisoners held by the Taliban. THE GUARDIAN

Rebels want no-fly zone from ‘Friends’ Rebel fighters appealed on Thursday to the “Friends of Syria” group which is to meet this weekend to provide them with heavy weapons so they can protect civilians and prevent a humanitarian disaster.

Free Syrian Army spokesman Louay Meqdad also urged Western and Arab ministers who are to meet in Doha on Saturday to impose a nofly zone over opposition-held areas of the war-torn country.

“We need short-range ground-to-air missiles, [shoulder-fired] MANPADS, anti-tank missiles, mortars, and ammunition,” Meqdad said. “We also need communications equipment, bulletproof vests and gas masks.”

The rebels fear “the regime could use Scud missiles with unconventional warheads to shell liberated areas”, he said.

“So we need a safe haven.”

“It is necessary to establish secure areas and impose no-fly zones in the south or north,” he told AFP. “If they do not provide us with arms to protect civilian areas, a humanitarian disaster will occur because regime troops are committing massacres in the areas they are recapturing.”

According to Meqdad, “foreign militias, including [the Lebanese Shiite movement]

Hezbollah and Abulfadhl alAbbas brigades [made up mainly of Iraqi Shi’ites] do not respect any international conventions.”

Foreign ministers of the “Friends of Syria” group would be meeting in the Qatari capital to discuss aid for the rebels, including military help, a French diplomat said on Wednesday.

Ministers of Britain, France, the United States, Germany, Italy, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, Turkey and Egypt would attend, the source said.

The meeting would address in a “concerted, coordinated and complementary manner” the concerns raised by the opposition’s military chief during the last “Friends of Syria” meeting in Ankara last Friday, the diplomat said.

Western powers have so far refused to arm rebels fighting Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s troops – backed

by Shiite militias from neighbouring countries – out of fear they could fall into the hands of radical Islamists fighting alongside the insurgents.

But Meqdad said that “we are committed to ensuring that these weapons do not fall into the hands of unorganised or extremist groups”. AFP

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Obama calls for cut in nukes B

arack Obama called for a renaissance in the shared liberal values that underpin Western nations on Wednesday as he announced plans to cut nuclear weapons in a much-anticipated speech in Berlin that also acknowledged unease over privacy and drone strikes.

Speaking at the Brandenburg Gate, in the shadow of historic speeches by Presidents Kennedy and Reagan, Obama stuck to big themes but clearly sought to address concerns in Germany caused by recent revelations of internet surveillance and US drone warfare.

After quoting Immanuel Kant on freedom and his belief “in open societies that respect that sanctity of the individual”, the president echoed calls he made in a recent speech in Washington for an ending of America’s war on terror.

“Threats to freedom don’t merely come from the outside; they can come from within, from our own fears.

For over a decade, America has been at war, but much

US President Barack Obama wipes his brow as he and Angela Merkel leave the stage at the Brandenburg Gate yesterday. AFP

has changed . . . no nation can maintain its freedom if it does not move beyond mindset of perpetual war.”

The president called for tight controls on the “use of new technology like drones and balancing security with privacy” but said he was confident the US could strike the right balance.

Obama also insisted that US

surveillance programs were aimed at “threats to security, not the communications of ordinary persons” and said “they keep people safe in Europe as well as the US”.

But he acknowledged there were legitimate concerns over privacy and other hotbutton issues such as drones and Guantanamo.

“We must listen to voices

that disagree with us, and have a open debate about how we use our powers and remember that government exists to serve the power of individual not the other way around … that is what keeps us different to those on the other side of the wall.

That’s what keeps us true to our better history,” said Obama.

Among the only firm policy statements was a comittment to cut US nuclear weapons arsenals by a third and seek fresh talks with Russia to reduce stocks further.

“We are on track to cut nuke warheads to lowest levels since 1950s . . . but we have more work to do, so I am announcing [that] we can ensure security of US and allies by reducing our stored weapons by up to one third,” said Obama. “I intend to start talks with Russia to move beyond Cold War postures.”

Speaking to an invited crowd of 6,000 guests, he also hinted at calls for greater German support for US intervention in countries such as Syria.

“We cannot dictate the pace of change in Arab world but we must reject the excuse that we can do nothing to support it,” said Obama.

But much of the speech was couched in broad calls for a restoration of the Western alliance that helped defeat communism, amid growing fears in Washington that support for Nato and US is waning in Europe.

“There can at times be a complacency among our Western democracies,” he said. “We face no concrete walls . . . sometimes there can be a sense that the great challenges have somehow passed and that brings with it a temptation to turn inward.”

Receiving a cheer for taking his jacket off in sweltering heat and reprising John F Kennedy’s “Ich bin ein Berliner” line, Obama called on German people to remember what they shared with America.

“Our alliance is the foundation of global security and our trade the engine of the global economy,” the president said.

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Gaffe leaves president soul-searching As swingeing UK government cuts bite, critics may have questioned George Osborne’s soul, but Barack Obama appears to have no such doubts about the chancellor.

During Osborne’s briefing to G8 leaders on plans to cut down on tax avoidance, the US president reportedly called him by the wrong name, later explaining that he had confused him with his favourite soul star, who shares a surname with the chancellor, if perhaps not much else.

While Osborne set out his proposals, Obama interjected three times with the intention of offering his support to “Jeffrey”. After realising his mistake, according to the FT, he told the chancellor:

“I’m sorry, man. I must have confused you with my favourite R&B singer.”

The singer in question is the 65-yearold soul star Jeffrey Osborne, perhaps best known for his 1982 hit On the Wings of Love. The American Osborne made a career out of his rich, expressive baritone. By contrast, the British Osborne, son of the 17th Baronet of Ballentaylor and Ballylemon in County Waterford, Ireland, was described as having “highpitched vocal delivery” by senior Conservatives, according to WikiLeaks.

Whether the chancellor is a fan of the soul star is unclear, but one suspects the latter's 1988 hit She’s on the Left, which topped the US R&B charts, might not be to his taste. THE GUARDIAN

In brief Lebanon leader calls on Hezbollah to leave Syria

President Michel Suleiman has called on the Lebanese Shi'ite Muslim Hezbollah movement to pull its guerrillas out of Syria, saying any further involvement in its neighbour's civil war would fuel instability in Lebanon. Hezbollah militants spearheaded the recapture of the strategic border town of Qusair two weeks ago by forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, which now appear to be preparing for an offensive in the northern city of Aleppo. "If they take part in a battle for Aleppo, and more Hezbollah fighters are killed, it will lead to more tension," Suleiman said. Reuters

Netanyahu urges EU to take firm Iran stance

europe must take a firmer line with Iran over its controversial nuclear program, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said yesterday at the start of a working meeting with EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton. "We need to exert pressure on them. We're not talking about political spin but about the spinning of centrifuges. It must stop and I think it is up to Europe to join the US and Israel and all elements in the international community in demanding a halt to Iran's nuclear program," he said. AFP

Google ordered to alter privacy policy by France

The Osbornes: UK finance minister George, left; 1980s soul star Jeffrey, right.

AFP/REUTERS

France's data protection watchdog ordered Google yesterday to change its privacy policy or face fines, leading a Europe-wide push to get the internet giant to clarify its intentions and methods for collecting user data. France's regulator, the CNIL, said Google's privacy policy violated French law and gave the US company three months to make changes or risk a fine of up to €150,000 ($201,100) and a second of €300,000 if it still failed to act. ReuterS

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In brief Palestinians’ final push to see Assaf crowned

Palestinian fans and big business are rallying behind a 22-year-old singer from the Gaza Strip in a final push to vote him the next “Arab Idol” in a TV talent contest choosing a winner in Beirut tomorrow. Mohammed Assaf is the first Palestinian to qualify for Arab Idol, the Middle East’s version of American Idol.

His mix of good looks and emotional lyrics about ancestral Palestinian lands have helped to turn the young man from Gaza’s Khan Younis refugee camp into a star. Voting is done through text messages. To encourage support for Assaf, one of three finalists, two Palestinian phone companies have cut their rates for ballots cast for him. rEUTERS

Filipinos down on plastic

The Philippines financial capital banned disposable plastic shopping bags and styrofoam food containers on Thursday, as part of escalating efforts across the nation’s capital to curb rubbish blamed for deadly flooding. After a widespread publicity campaign leading up to the ban, Makati city environment protection officers began handing out fines of 5,000 pesos ($115) to shops and supermarkets caught distributing the bags. AFP

China jails Uighur ‘extremists’

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ourts in China’s far western region of Xinjiang have sentenced 11 ethnic Uighurs to up to six years in jail for promoting racial hatred and religious extremism online, in the latest crackdown on what China sees as violent separatists.

Eight of those convicted came from the old Silk Road city of Kashgar, the Justice Ministry’s official newspaper Legal Daily reported.

In one of the cases, the suspect went on illegal websites to download material that “whipped up religious fervour and preached ‘holy war’” and “whipped up ethnic enmity”, the Legal Daily said in its report late on Wednesday.

“This has created a despicable effect on society,” the newspaper said, citing the court ruling.

Another suspect was jailed for spreading via the internet materials from overseas that “advocate religious extremism and terrorism”, the newspaper reported. Legal Daily said Aihetaimu Heli was given the longest term of six years for up-loading to the internet materials promoting jihad and ethnic hatred.

The sentence was handed

A man walks past the burnt wreck of a car on a street in Urumqi in China’s far west Xinjiang province a day after Muslim Uighurs rioted in the restive Xinjiang region. AFP

down on Wednesday in the far-western city of Aksu, the paper said.

In Kashgar, eight others were sentenced to between two to five years for creating a public nuisance after breaking into homes and destroying 17 television sets in what the paper called a religious frenzy.

Two others were fined and given less serious administrative punishments of from five to 15 days for posting extremist material to a blog and

spreading rumours of a suicide bombing on the popular QQ internet messaging service.

The report did not specify the ethnicity of those jailed, but their names and the location of the courts where they were sentenced indicated they were all Uighurs.

China accuses armed Uighur groups of having links to central Asian and Pakistani Islamist militants, and of carrying out attacks to establish a state called East Turkistan.

Many rights groups say China overplays the threat posed to justify its tough controls in Xinjiang. The region, which lies on the borders of central Asia, India and Pakistan, has been the site of frequent outbreaks of ethnic violence.

In April, 21 people were killed in clashes near Kashgar, the deadliest unrest since July 2009, when nearly 200 people were killed in riots in the Xinjiang capital of Urumqi.

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Anger over UK spying allegations Turkey, South Africa and Russia have reacted angrily to the UK government, demanding an explanation for newspaper revelations their politicians and senior officials were spied on and bugged at the 2009 G20 summit in London.

The foreign ministry in Ankara said it was unacceptable the British government had intercepted phonecalls and monitored the computers of Turkey’s finance minister as well as up to 15 others from his visiting delegation. If confirmed, the eavesdropping operation on a Nato ally was “scandalous”, it added.

The ministry summoned the UK’s ambassador to Ankara to hear Turkey’s furious reaction in person. A spokesman at the foreign ministry read out an official statement saying: “The allegations from the Guardian are very worrying …

“If these allegations are true, this is going to be scandalous for the UK. At a time when international cooperation depends on mutual trust, respect and transparency, such behaviour by an allied country is unacceptable.” THE GUARDIAN

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Drones roam US skies: FBI T U

Klandestine ops

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nmanned drones are roaming American skies conducting surveillance on people in the United States, albeit in a “very minimal way”, the head of the US Federal Bureau of Investigation revealed to Congress on Wednesday.

The director of the bureau, Robert Mueller, said his agency’s use of a small number of aerial drones is relatively new, and that the bureau has only begun to draw up policy and operational guidelines for the devices.

“I will tell you that our footprint is very small,” Mueller testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee.

"We have very few [drones] and of limited use, and we're exploring not only the use but also the necessary guidelines for that use.”

Mueller said the drones conduct surveillance, but that they were “seldom” used.

Other agencies are known to be using the high-technology gadgets, including the Department of Homeland Security, which uses drones to patrol the US border with Mexico.

Senator Chuck Grassley said Attorney General Eric Holder indicated to him in writing that the Drug Enforcement Administration and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives “had pur-

Protesters in Washington, DC, on April 13 demanding an end to the use of drones.

chased drones and were exploring their use in law enforcement.”

“I think the right of privacy is at stake. If there’s a legitimate law enforcement reason for using it, they ought to say,” Grassley told CNN after the hearing.

He said a simmering distrust of government is fueling suspicion about domestic spying, including recently revealed surveillance pro-

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grams that gather phone logs and internet data.

“Because of that mistrust, we've got to nail these things down. The people have a right to know.”

In March Republican Senator Rand Paul blocked legislative action for nearly 13 hours on the Senate floor to protest the Obama administration's refusal to unequivocally rule out drone strikes on US soil.

Days later Holder wrote to Paul clarifying that a US president does not have the power to order a drone strike against a “non-combatant” American inside the United States.

Paul expressed concern about the drone surveillance, saying it should not be used without a court-issued search warrant.

“My guess is they don’t have warrants for these things, they're just flying around. That, I’m opposed to,” he told AFP. Mueller did not say whether warrants were being obtained for the use of the drones.

Paul said Americans could grow fearful of drones that are small enough to land on a house window or fly indoors.

“I think there’s one that weighs less than an ounce,” Paul said.

Democrats have expressed concern as well. Senator Dianne Feinstein said she believed that “the greatest threat to the privacy of Americans is the drone . . . and the very few regulations that are on it today”.

Mueller agreed that there should be public discourse over the future of the unmanned vehicles, saying “it’s worthy of debate and perhaps legislation down the road.”

Congress has ordered the Federal Aviation Administration to open up airspace to unmanned aircraft by October 2015. AFP

X-ray gun built to shoot Israel opponents

he US Federal Bureau of Investigation has charged two men with making a portable X-ray weapon that they intended to use to secretly sicken opponents of Israel.

An indictment charges Glendon Scott Crawford, 49, and Eric J Feight, 54, with conspiracy to provide support to terrorists with the weapon.

Investigators have said Crawford approached Jewish organisations in 2012 looking for funding and people to help him with technology that could be used to surreptitiously deliver damaging and even lethal doses of radiation against those he considered enemies of Israel. He and Feight assembled the mobile device, which was to be controlled remotely, but it was inoperable and nobody was hurt, authorities said.

"Crawford has specifically identified Muslims and several other individuals/groups as targets," investigator Geoffrey Kent said in a court affidavit.

According to the indictment Crawford also travelled to North Carolina in October to solicit money for the weapon from a ranking member of the Ku Klux Klan, who informed the FBI. Crawford claimed to be a member.

The men appeared separately on Wednesday in federal court and were ordered detained until detention hearings Thursday. They could face up to 15 years in prison. THE GUARDIAN

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Denmark’s royals visit as Sydney’s icon hits 40 DEnmark’s Crown Prince Frederik and his Australian wife, Crown Princess Mary, are to be the patrons of the Sydney Opera House’s 40th anniversary celebrations in October.

The Opera House’s chief executive, Louise Herron, said the couple embodied DanishAustralian collaboration, which had also been behind the landmark building, designed by Danish architect Jorn Utzon.

“The building was born out of a combination of Australian optimism and Danish design,” she said. “It could not have existed without the genius of Jorn Utzon.”

Herron said the Opera House wanted to do something for the anniversary that sparked the interest of all Australians.

“Princess Mary is the person to do that. She’s a big celebrity and everybody in this country loves her,” she said.

Denmark’s consul-general, Michael Hansen, welcomed the announcement.

“I think it’s a very big deal for both countries, and it is very good news that the royal couple has agreed to be patrons of the 40th anniversary celebrations,” he said.

The royal couple will launch October’s celebrations, which will include concerts and exhibitions, including a return to the first music performed in the building in 1973, Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony, including the Ode to Joy. Over eight million people visit the Opera House each year. The recent Vivid Live festival attracted more than 800,000 people alone. The building was given world heritage status in 2007. On Tuesday the NSW state government committed $13.7 million to its continuing upgrade.

Utzon won architecture’s Pritzker Prize, in 2003. “There is no doubt that the Sydney Opera House is his masterpiece,” the jury said.

“It is one of the great iconic buildings of the 20th century, an image of great beauty that has become known throughout the world – a symbol for not only a city, but a whole country and continent.” THE GUARDIAN

China’s lesson from space A

Chinese astronaut orbiting more than 300 kilometres above the Earth’s surface delivered a video class to children across the country yesterday, state television showed in a live broadcast.

Wearing a blue space suit, Wang Yaping, the second Chinese woman in space, demonstrated how a variety of objects – from a bubble of water to a spinning toy – behave in zero gravity.

Wang’s class – delivered from China’s orbiting space module Tiangong-1 – was shown in classrooms across China, state broadcaster CCTV said.

The astronaut smiled as she pushed a fellow astronaut into the wall of the module with the merest touch of her finger, and went on to gulp down a drop of water as it floated in mid air.

Using a live video link, Wang fired questions at students who gathered at a school in Beijing to watch the lesson on a giant screen.

More than 60 million students and teachers were expected to watch the class, the state-run China Daily said.

“In space . . . how can we tell if we have become thinner or fatter?” she asked students, with a red Chinese flag visible behind her.

“We can use electric scales,” one eager young boy replied, dressed in a white shirt and the red scarf of the young pioneers, a youth organisation run by China’s Communist Party.

“I really envy you for being able to

A student looks at his iPad as his class watches a live broadcast of a lecture given by Shenzhou-10 spacecraft astronauts on the Tiangong-1 space module, at a primary school in Quzhou, Zhejiang province, yesterday. REUTERS

teach us a lesson while floating in space,” a female student said.

“Have you seen any space junk?” another student asked Wang, before she replied: “We haven’t seen any, but it does exist.”

The lesson covered topics in physics including Isaac Newton’s second law of motion, and the surface tension of water.

China launched three astronauts into space on board the Shenzhou-10 craft last week. The craft later docked

with the Tiangong-1 in a test intended to prepare China to build its own permanent space station.

The astronauts on board went to space with specially prepared bags of lemon tea, and work out on exercise bikes, a video shown before the lesson revealed.

China first sent a human into space only in 2003 and its capabilities still lag behind the US and Russia. But its program is highly ambitious and includes plans to build a station orbit-

ing Earth by 2020 and land a man on the Moon.

Beijing sees its multi-billion-dollar space program as a symbol of its rising global stature, growing technical expertise, and the Communist Party’s success in turning around the fortunes of the once povertystricken nation.

The project is heavily promoted to the domestic audience, and state broadcaster CCTV ran the lesson in full on its premier channel. AFP

Syrian children left to die on road, charity told INjured people, including children, have been left to die by the roadside as growing numbers of families flee Syria’s civil war, refugees have told Save the Children.

One refugee, Mohammed, who recently arrived in Lebanon after walking five days without food or water, in a group of 5,000, described how people hid behind thin almond trees as they came under fire.

“Hundreds of people were injured on the road, but we couldn’t take them all, we had to leave them there,” he told the charity.

“People died on the journey, and when they did, we could not even bury them because the ground was too hard to dig a hole in. So instead we collected stones with

which to cover their bodies.”

The war in Syria, now in its third year, has left at least 93,000 people dead and forced some half a million people to flee last year. In the past six months the numbers fleeing have more than doubled to 1.6 million, of whom 540,000 are in Jordan. Syrians are also in Turkey, Egypt and Lebanon in large numbers.

More than half of all Syrian refugees are children.

The testimonies of Syrian refugees, gathered by Save the Children to mark World Refugee Day, today, bring home the brutality of the conflict within Syria and the desperate plight of civilians.

Amni, a mother of three, described how she was forced to leave behind a 12-year-old boy whose mother had been

shot and killed on the first day of their flight from Syria.

“He had been hit with shrapnel on his chest and stomach . . . his wounds were rotten.

Small insects had worked their way into his flesh.

“He couldn’t move. But I couldn’t carry him, I had to carry my daughter who had been shot. So we had to leave.

We left him on the ground, left him to his fate. He shouted after me, begging us not to leave him. But I could not help him.”

People are leaving Syria not just to escape the fighting and bombing but also sexual violence.

“Why did we leave Syria? You might think it was the bombs . . . but no,” Roha, now in Lebanon with her six-year-old daughter, told London-based

N G O S a v e t h e C h i l d re n .

“Although the bombing was very bad, we could live with it, we could survive. What we could not live with was the constant threat of sexual violence. In my street there was a young girl who was hurt like that in front of her father as punishment and then they killed him.”

Motasem, 16, said two of his cousins were killed by snipers. He said students no longer went to school because they feared schools had become targets.

“When children are injured in Syria, they die,” Motasem said. “They die because there is no way to rescue them, to move them. We are surrounded.

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them. So children died from these fragments of bombs.”

Justin Forsyth, chief executive of Save the Children, said: “Ultimately the only solution to this crisis is an end to the violence in Syria, but in the meantime we urgently need to be able to reach those trapped inside Syria.

“Unless we can, I am afraid we will hear more horrifying stories of children forced into ever more desperate circumstances.”

The G8 countries meeting in Northern Ireland declared their support for convening peace talks for Syria, to be held in Geneva, “as soon as possible”, and for a pledge of $1.5 billion in humanitarian aid. But neither move is expected to end the conflict.

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ATIN America and the United States have experienced what one could call a series of “marijuana moments” over the past few weeks.

Given growing support for ending the senseless and bloody decadeslong “war on drugs”, these signs of progress toward decriminalisation and legalisation should not pass unremarked.

The first moment took place during the Organization of American States’ annual General Assembly, held this year in Antigua, Guatemala, at the beginning of June.

The OAS Secretary General, José Miguel Insulza, presented a report entitled The Drug Problem in the Americas, which had been requested by the region’s heads of state when they met at last year’s Summit of the Americas in Cartagena, Colombia.

The report was drawn up by experts from almost all OAS member states and was divided into two parts: an excellent analytical section and a brief and somewhat exasperating chapter devoted to future scenarios.

The document itself represents a watershed, because it provides the data needed for a scientific and empirical discussion of an issue that is too often debated in ideological terms.

The report breaks down the issue in a compelling way: by countries (producers, transit states, consumers, or all of these); by substances (marijuana, cocaine, heroin, and

synthetic drugs); by links among these illicit substances; and by the consequences of consumption, production, or trade of each drug for societies, institutions and international relations.

The report also states explicitly that decriminalisation of marijuana consumption is a legitimate, reasonable and feasible option, though it does not recommend such a policy.

This is only an initial step, but it is an enormous one.

The second “marijuana moment” occurred in the US, where the states of Washington and Colorado have entered the final stages of fully legalising marijuana usage, following popular referenda last November.

Both states have just concluded the drafting and publication of the rules and regulations that will translate their referendum results into law: how to forbid consumption by minors; how to punish consumers driving under the influence; what kind of taxes and tax rates are most appropriate; and how non-residents will be treated, among other complicated and controversial issues.

As legal pioneers in the US, both states will have to proceed by trial and error.

But perhaps the most interesting and intriguing facet of this process is President Barack Obama’s eloquent indifference to the entire affair.

So far, at least, he has refused to intercede in the discussion of whether federal law should trump state legislation, having said that he has “bigger fish to fry”.

The third “marijuana moment” stems from recent decisions in New York and Illinois – the third and fifth most populous US states, respectively – to proceed with legalising medical marijuana.

In May, the Illinois legislature passed a highly restrictive bill governing marijuana use for therapeutic purposes, which the governor has not yet decided whether to sign.

Soon after, the New York State Assembly passed a strict bill on medical marijuana, which the State Senate has yet to vote on.

If New York and Illinois move forward, they will become the 19th and 20th of the 50 US states that, together with the District of Columbia, permit medical use of marijuana.

Finally, earlier this month, the US-based international NGO Human Rights Watch formally adopted a stance that rejects criminalisation of possession and consumption of all drugs and calls for a radically different approach.

Most important, HRW did so from a human-rights perspective, and its statement is worth quoting: “Subjecting people to criminal sanctions for the personal use of drugs, or for possession of drugs for personal use, infringes on their autonomy and right to privacy.

“The right to privacy is broadly recognised under international law, including in the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the American Convention on Human Rights.

“Limitations on autonomy and privacy cannot be justified unless they meet the criteria for any

restriction of a basic right, namely legitimate purpose, proportionality, necessity, and non-discrimination.

“While protecting health is a legitimate government purpose, criminalising drug use to protect people from harming themselves does not meet the criteria of necessity or proportionality.”

None of these recent developments will lead, on its own, to decriminalisation.

International conventions still limit governments’ leeway, and the US government remains opposed to any backtracking from the punitive, prohibitionist strategy that it has pursued since 1981.

Even the boldest Latin American governments – including those in Colombia, Uruguay and Guatemala – are reluctant to advance much further, especially if they remain isolated.

And presidents like Brazil’s Dilma Rousseff, Mexico’s Enrique Peña Nieto and Argentina’s Cristina Fernández de Kirchner are sticking to their orthodox, conservative and anachronistic stances, unwilling to budge until public opinion leaves them no other choice.

Yet something is stirring in the hemisphere; as its “marijuana moments” arrive with greater frequency, can a milestone be far off?

PROJECT SYNDICATE

Jorge G Castañeda was Mexico’s Secretary of Foreign Affairs from 2000-2003 and helped create the country’s first democratic government. He is now Global Distinguished Professor of Politics and Latin American and Caribbean Studies at New York University and is the author of The Latin American Left After the Cold War and Compañero: The Life and Death of Che Guevara.

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Travel PREAH SIHANOUK - SIEM REAP Flighs Days Dep Arrival K6 130 1-3-5 12:55 13:55

INTERNATIONAL FLIGHT SCHEDULE FROM PHNOM PENH Flighs

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01:10

K6 721

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02:25

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PG 938

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06:40

08:15

PG 931

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07:55

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PG 932

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11:10

TG 580

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07:55

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TG 581

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PG 933

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PG 934

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FD 3616

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FD 3617

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PG 935

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17:30

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PG 936

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TG 584

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TG 585

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PG 937

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PHNOM PENH - BEIJING CZ 324

Daily

BEIJING - PHNOM PENH 08:00

16:05

CZ 323

Daily

14:30

20:50

PHNOM PENH - DOHA ( Via HCMC)

DOHA - PHNOM PENH ( Via HCMC)

QR 605

1.2..5.6

22:35

05:15+1

QR 604

1.2..5.6

08:00

21:00

QR 603

..34..7

15:50

22:25

QR 602

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01:25

14:20

PHNOM PENH - GUANGZHOU Daily

08:00

11:40

CZ 6059

2.4.7

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CZ 6060

2.4.7

14:45

18:10

CZ 323

Daily

19:05

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09:40

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PHNOM PENH - HANOI Daily

17:30

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VN 841

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HO CHI MINH CITY - PHNOM PENH

VN 841

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14:00

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VN 920

Daily

15:50

16:30

VN 3856

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19:20

20:05

VN 3857

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18:00

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PHNOM PENH - HONG KONG 1.2.4.7

11:25

15:05

KA 208

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10:25

KA 207

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11:45

22:25

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17:00

KA 209

3.5.7

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21:00

KA 206

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KA 205

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PHNOM PENH - INCHEON Daily

23:40

06:40

KE 689

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18:30

22:20

OZ 740

Daily

23:50

06:50

OZ 739

Daily

19:10

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PHNOM PENH - KUALA LUMPUR

MH - Malaysia Airlines

2 Tuesday

AK - Air Asia

MI - SilkAir

3 Wednesday

BR - EVA Airways

OZ - Asiana Airlines

4 Thursday

CI - China Airlines

PG - Bangkok Airways

5 Friday

CZ - China Southern

QR - Qatar Airways

6 Saturday

FD - Thai Air Asia

QV - Lao Airlines

7 Sunday

FM - Shanghai Air

SQ - Singapore Airlines

K6- Cambodia Angkor Air

TG - Thai Airways | VN - Vietnam Airlines

This flight schedule information is updated about once a month. Further information, please contact direct to airline or a travel agent for flight schedule information.

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Himalayan Sherpas: A fading trade?

Kyle Knight

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T is a traditional role using skills passed down through the generations, but young, unskilled boys with no knowledge of the mountains are now flocking to become porters in Nepal’s Himalayas.

The lure of comparatively high wages is encouraging the teens to carry packs for tourists during the busy trekking season – but some experts say they are putting both themselves and climbers at risk.

Wage hikes for porters, which have been celebrated by unions and advocacy groups, mean treks through the Himalayas have now become a lucrative venture for Nepalese boys, some as young as 14.

“Friends who’ve done portering told me it’s a good way to earn money, so now I’m doing it too,” says 19-year-old Tendisha, who uses one name, during a trek down from Everest Base Camp.

“I didn’t know anything about the mountains before,” the porter adds.

Porters traditionally carry food, safety equipment and camping gear, often trekking ahead of the group, setting up camp before the trekkers arrive, or staying behind to pack up.

Some of them are Sherpas, experienced mountaineers who guide climbers through the Himalayas.

In a profession that requires local knowledge about altitude and temperature, as well as basic medical skills for emergencies, lack of experience can endanger an expedition.

And without expertise, the porters themselves are at risk of injury.

“They’ve never carried any-

thing in their lives,” says Jo Chaffer, a veteran guide and trekking company consultant based in Nepal.

“They have no knowledge of altitude, they have no mountain clothing, they have no mountain footwear. It’s not good for them, it’s not good for the clients, it’s not good for the trekking industry at all.”

The porters are unlikely to complain, she adds.

“They are out there to make good, quick money, and they also feel pressure to prove themselves, so they don’t object to poor conditions until several days into a trek when they’re seriously injured.”

In a report released last year, the UK-based advocacy group Porters’ Progress called Nepal’s portering trade an “industry in crisis”.

Their research reveals that many men are leaving the mountains, and the country altogether, to seek higher wages as Nepal’s economy struggles to recover from a decade-long civil war that ended in 2006.

With the exodus of experienced porters, traditional practices – such as eating garlic during an ascent to help mitigate the effects of altitude – are disappearing.

Responsibility to make trekking safe might in part fall on foreign visitors themselves, Chaffer says.

“Tourists coming to visit the Himalayas need to pay attention to their staff, talk with their porters, ask them about their lives,” she says.

“It not only makes for a pleasant, genuine experience in Nepal, but it can let them understand who is supporting them, and potentially alert them to danger.” afp

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Sport Gatland names eight new Lions C

oach Warren Gatland has warned the Wallabies to expect a physical encounter after naming fit-again Wales winger George North among eight players who will make their British and Irish Lions Test debut in Brisbane tomorrow.

Sam Warburton will captain the team for the clash against Australia at the Suncorp Stadium while veteran Irish centre Brian O’Driscoll, the sole survivor from the last series between the two countries in 2001, will play his seventh Lions Test.

“After six matches we have arrived at the first Test and have selected our strongest possible side with only Jamie Roberts, Tommy Bowe and Manu Tuilagi unavailable for selection,” Lions coach Warren Gatland said yesterday.

“The Wallabies at home pose a huge challenge but the Test team contains 20 of the players that played against the NSW Waratahs in what was our best match to date,” he added, referring to the 47-17 win in Sydney last weekend.

The powerful North, who strained a hamstring in the win over the Combined Country XV in Newcastle last week, will be marked by former rugby league star Israel Folau, who was among three new caps named yesterday for the Wallabies.

Joining North in making their de-

Wales winger George North (centre) is among eight players who will make their British and Irish Lions Test debut tomorrow.

buts behind the scrum will be fullback Leigh Halfpenny, wing Alex Cuthbert, centre Jonathan Davies and outside-half Johnny Sexton.

Up front, Warburton will command a pack that sees Alex Corbisi-

ero and Tom Youngs join him in debuting for the Lions in a Test match.

Corbisiero makes the team less than two weeks following his arrival as a replacement from the England tour in Argentina after the Lions lost

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loosehead props Cian Healy and Gethin Jenkins to injuries.

O’Driscoll is joined in the side by six other survivors from the series against the Springboks in South Africa four years ago in scrum-half

Mike Phillips, prop Adam Jones, locks Alun Wyn Jones and Paul O’Connell and back-rowers Tom Croft and Jamie Heaslip.

All eight replacements are uncapped in Lions Tests and include New Zealand-born Mako Vunipola and Sean Maitland.

Despite suffering their first nonTest defeat in Australia in 42 years, 14-12 to the Brumbies in Canberra on Tuesday, Gatland said the team was in a positive frame of mind following five wins in their six tour fixtures to date.

“Tuesday night was a bit of a blip for us but over the last two Saturdays against the Reds and the Waratahs a lot of the players from this side have been building that momentum,” he said. “We feel very positive where we are, we feel we’ve got a few hitouts under our belt which has given us that match-hardened edge that we’re looking for.

“With the Australian team not having played for a few weeks and with two or three players having been out injured, we need to really take it to them physically, and with the kind of tempo that they are used to putting on other sides.”

Tomorrow’s match kicks off at 5:05pm Cambodian time. The second Test is in Melbourne on June 29 with the final clash in Sydney on July 6. AFP

Blackhawks edge Bruins to level Stanley Cup Final Chicago defenseman Brent Seabrook scored the gamewinning goal 9:51 into overtime on Wednesday to give the Blackhawks a 6-5 victory over Boston in the National Hockey League Final.

The victory snapped a seven-game Bruins’ win streak on

home ice and pulled Chicago level at 2-2 in the best-of-seven showdown for the Stanley Cup, with game five tomorrow in Chicago and game six back in Boston on Monday.

“It feels nice to get this win.

This was a big game,” Chicago’s Patrick Sharp said. “Never

once did we doubt the character of our team. We knew we would bounce back. We’ve been through a lot on this team.”

Seabrook’s second overtime goal of the playoffs capped the third overtime game in the title series, the most since

1993 and second only to the record five overtime games played between Toronto and Detroit in the 1951 final.

“I just tried getting it on net,” Seabrook said. “We had a great screen in front and somehow it went in.”

There had been only 12

goals over the first three games of the final, but the clubs struck for 11 in game four alone, the last with attackers in front of the net to block the view of Bruins goaltender Tuukka Rask.

“We talked for a couple days about getting in front of the

goal, getting ugly goals,” Sharp said. “When he made the play at the blue line, a lot of guys on the bench knew it would go in.”

Finland’s Rask made 46 saves while Chicago netminder Corey Crawford denied 28 shots. AFP

Employment Opportunity Project Liaison Officer for the Supporting Forests and Biodiversity Project Winrock International is seeking a Project Liaison Officer to join the USAID-funded Supporting Forests and Biodiversity (SFB) Project. The position is available immediately and based in Phnom Penh.

Winrock International is a non-profit organization that works with people in the United States and around the world to empower the disadvantaged, increase economic opportunity, and sustain natural resources. By linking local individuals and communities with new ideas and technology, Winrock is increasing long-term productivity, equity, and responsible resource management to benefit the poor and disadvantaged of the world.

The Supporting Forests and Biodiversity project’s goal is to improve conservation and governance of the Eastern Plains and Prey Lang landscapes to mitigate climate change and conserve biodiversity.

RESPONSIBILITIES The Project Liaison Officer will sit in the Department of Wildlife and Biodiversity in the Forestry Administration and serve as the focal contact point between the SFB Project and the Forestry Administration. Representative responsibilities will include the following:  Support the Director of the the Department of Wildlife and Biodiversity during the duration of the project in the organization and distribution of project documentation, internal reporting, and the arranging of project-related activities.  Facilitate communications and coordination between the SFB project and the Forestry Administration through the Department of Wildlife and Biodiversity.  Provide administrative support to the Director of the Department of Wildlife and Biodiversity relating to SFB Project activities.

QUALIFICATIONS AND SKILLS Education: A Bachelor’s Degree in Development, Communications or related fields of study.

Experience: This is a junior level position requiring two or three years of relevant experience in donor- funded projects. Previous experience in working with the Forestry Administration is desirable.

APPLICATIONS: Applicants should send their CVs and cover letters to the SFB Project Office: Phnom Penh Center, Building F, Room 588, Sothearos Blvd, Phnom Penh, or by email to sfbpersonnel@gmail.com. The closing date for receiving applications for the position is Friday, 28 June 2013.

Winrock International is an equal opportunity employer and women are encouraged to apply. We regret that only short-listed candidates will be contacted.

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Football

Crown boys take on Chonburi in regional U15 competition

Phnom Penh Crown Academy welcome Thai side Chonburi FC Academy tomorrow for their latest clash of the 2013 FAM-Frenz U15 Asean Champions Trophy, which kicks off at 4:30pm at Olympic Stadium. The Cambodians have a single point from their two previous matches in the regional competition and face their neighbouring rivals, who sit a place above in the six-team Group A standings but have seven points from four games so far.

Vietnam PVF Academy, 4-0 victors over Crown in their first tie, top the group on 10 points, two ahead of second-placed Frenz Malaysia A, who drew 1-1 with Crown. DAN RILEY

West Ham sign Carroll for six years in club record fee

England international striker Andy Carroll has completed a permanent switch from Liverpool to West Ham on a six-year deal and for a club record fee, the Premier League side announced on Wednesday. No financial details were given but media reports have suggested the deal, which includes an option for a further two years in the club’s favour, is worth a reported £15.5 million (US$24.19 million) plus extras. REUTERS

Anzhi banned from playing at home in Europe once again

Russian club Anzhi Makhachkala will again have to stage their home matches in Europe away from their own stadium next season because of security concerns, soccer’s governing body UEFA said on Wednesday. REUTERS

Boeung Ket face Police scrutiny H S Manjunath

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ounded out of their comfort zone in the last few weeks, can defending Metfone C-League champions Boeung Ket Rubber stem the four-game rot and regain their winning ways?

The answer to this puzzling question is hidden in how well Boueng Ket deal with National Police when they line up for a 2pm kick off at the Olympic Stadium on Sunday.

The strain on Boeung Ket is glaringly obvious. Any side which reels off 10 wins in domestic competition and then slides downhill to five defeats, including two in regional events, will have to be wondering what is going wrong.

Stressed as he is by this disappointing turn, coach Prak Vuthy will have to sharpen up his players’ focus in reshaping rest of their campaign.

The team had never looked so vulnerable and the coach’s position so untenable after last weekend’s 3-1 loss to Phnom Penh Crown, though it is not all gloom and doom yet and the side still heads the standings, albeit by a single point.

A shock of sorts at the hands of Build Bright United last Sunday and a 4-2 defeat three days later at the hands of Svay Rieng may keep the Police honest in their drive to do better. There is no bigger inducement for the Policemen than to go in arms swinging against the league toppers, who incidentally were also one of BBU victims.

In Sunday’s second fixture at 4pm, Naga Corp will have to get to grips with a certain bounce Build Bright United has been enjoying following their wins over Boeung Ket and Police on the top of Wednesday’s 1-0 victory over Asia Europe University.

If Naga’s scoring pattern is anything

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to go by, the side is clearly desperate for more goals and BBU by no means are pushovers.

Tomorrow’s game at 2pm at Olympic Stadium between Phnom Penh Crown and Svay Rieng is too close to call. The momentum is clearly with Crown after their victory over Boeung Ket but Svay Rieng, surprisingly beaten by MND last Sunday, went on to demonstrate that they are made of much sterner stuff when they got the measure of Police 4-2 in a midweek contest.

If Crown and Svay Rieng will be battling it out to determine who will go up the standings to second spot behind Boeung Ket, there is an interesting bottom half clash carded at

the Old Stadium for 4pm tomorrow between Asia Europe University and Ministry of National Defence.

Form pointers and past record favor the Army men, but the University-backed side has shown remarkable grit against some of the league’s heavyweights. Victory for either of them is critical to avert a possible drop to the danger zone since they are the two most likely candidates at least to be involved in that rat race, with Senate having been confirmed as demotion certs.

Senate play Kirivong in the opening game at Old Stadium from 2pm tomorrow, with the latter looking to regain fifth spot and heap more pressure on fourth placed Naga.

Italy’s Prandelli sweats over his players’ fitness in Brazil Italy coach Cesare Prandelli lamented the physical toll the Confederations Cup schedule and hot Brazilian climate were taking on his players on Wednesday.

Prandelli watched his side overcome Japan 4-3 in the best game of the competition so far, but complained that his players were exhausted and needed more recovery time between matches. “This is an interesting tournament but perhaps there should be more rest days,�

Prandelli said. “This is a very hot country and the players need more time to get their strength back.�

Prandelli said he could not even look ahead to Italy’s next match, against hosts Brazil tomorrow, until he gauges the fitness of his squad.

Both teams have already qualified from Group A but the winner could have the advantage of not facing world champions Spain in the semi-final. “We are focused on how many [players] we can recover,� he said. “The Brazil game is an important game, we can’t underestimate it. So my problem is to get some of the physical fitness back. We have to play the next game with the same kind of determination and physical fitness. “We need to reflect and think, because as usual, if you are good at imposing the right pace and pressuring opponents than you can think of using your strength throughout the game. But when you can’t pressure your opponent your lack of fitness is telling.�

While Italy had just three

Italy’s Sebastian Giovinco (left) fights for the ball with Japan’s Shinji Okazaki during their Confederations Cup Group A match in Recife. REUTERS

days to recover before Wednesday’s match, Japan had four and were by far the more spritely side.

The Asian champions were unlucky to lose to a team whose experience and clinical eye in front of goal were the difference between the sides.

Meanwhile on Wednesday, Neymar, inspired by the protest movement which has swept Brazil in the last few days, gave possibly his best performance for his country in a 2-0 win over Mexico.

The Barcelona-bound 21-year-old, who has often struggled at international level despite his billing as the next great Brazilian player, set the hosts on their way with a stunning volley in the ninth minute, the second game in a row that he has got them off to a flying start.

He repeatedly tormented the Mexican defence and brought the crowd to life with his often cheeky trickery before producing the high point of his display deep into stoppage time.

Collecting the ball on the left, he teased the two defenders blocking his way to the penalty area, then somehow slipped between them and laid the ball off for substitute Jo, only called up as a replacement for the injured Leandro Damiao, to score for the second match running. REUTERS

Weekend Fixtures Sunday June 23 Italy v Brazil – 2am Japan v Mexico – 2am Monday June 24 Nigeria v Spain – 2am Uruguay v Tahiti – 2am

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We can win trophy: Cook A

lastair Cook may already be in rare company, having led England to their second ICC 50-over final in the past 20 years, but he was quite happy to talk up the significance of Sunday’s climax at Edgbaston after a sevenwicket victory against South Africa on Wednesday. “It would be a massive achievement,� Cook said after the win that offers England the chance to become the last ICC Champions Trophy winners. “It’s very hard to do. It’s taken a long time to get to the finals. We got to the finals in 2004 and couldn’t quite get over the line. I hope this time we can get one better. We can win it, without a doubt.�

Asked to compare the relative merits of a Champions Trophy victory and retaining the Ashes later this summer, Cook stopped short of suggesting the two might be on something of a par. But he still refused to downplay the significance of a tournament triumph. “It’s very hard to compare between one-day and the Ashes, but it was very clear at the beginning of summer [that we had] certain goals we wanted to try to achieve, and one of them was to win the Champions Trophy. I’ve got no doubt that the guys in our dressing room will turn up on Sunday. I’m fully confident in the lads that they can do that. I just hope it’s our turn.�

Taekwondo team brings back pair of bronze medals

A Cambodian delegation returned home from last weekend’s 2013 Francophone Taekwondo Championships in Ho Chi Minh City with bronze medals hanging round the necks of two of its athletes. So Narong, competing in the men’s under-81kg category, received a win by default in his opening round match after his Congolese opponent failed to show. He then lost to a Gabonese fighter to collect third place in the event. Meanwhile, Chhoeung Puthearim grabbed bronze in the women’s under-51kg class after beating a Cameroonian but losing to a Senegalese. 18 French-speaking nations took part in the tournament, now in its ninth edition. YEUN PONLOK, TRANSLATED BY CHENG SERYRITH

Jay-Z gets certification to negotiate player contracts

England’s Jonathan Trott is congratulated by captain Alastair Cook (right) after running out South Africa’s Chris Morris.

in England’s 14-man squad for two Twenty20 internationals against New Zealand at The Oval.

The rest of the Ashes squad, including England’s T20 captain, Stuart Broad, were declared off limits to the one-day coach, Ashley Giles, as they will spend next week under the supervision of Andy Flower re-

Sunday’s final gets under way at 4:30pm Cambodian time.

KP named in England’s T20 squad Kevin Pietersen will add muchneeded lustre to the least-anticipated international series of the summer next week as the only Ashes contender who has been included

Jay-Z, the entertainer who started an athlete-representation firm in April, has been certified by the National Basketball Association players’ union to negotiate contracts, said Robert Gadson, the organisation’s director of security and agent administration.

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familiarising themselves with red balls before a four-day warm-up match against Essex at Chelmsford that starts on June 30. But Pietersen is in a different position, with a need to play cricket after missing the first half of the season with the knee injury he sustained in New Zealand in March. THE GUARDIAN

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